Kaggle Kernel Execution Timeout — No Configurable Grace Period for State Persistence
Context Kaggle Kernels enforce a hard runtime limit (60 minutes by default, up to 6 hours for verified accounts) after which the platform terminates the kernel process. The termination is immediate; kernels do not receive a pre-termination signal such as SIGTERM that would allow in-flight model weights, intermediate metrics, or open file handles to be flushe